In this solution, you’ll learn how to create a nice file folder tab, shaped much like
those real folder tabs used in filing cabinets. Remember those old-fashioned things?




1 Using the Pen Tool (P), click once to add an anchor point
to your Photoshop document (step 1 in the image at right.)
2 Position the cursor over the anchor point. Hold down
Shift and Alt (Shift and Option on a Mac), click on the
point, and drag the mouse towards the right to create a
single horizontal handlebar (step 2 at right).
3 Position the cursor as shown in step 3 at right.
Click and drag the mouse towards the right to add
another anchor point. The line connecting the two
points should display a nice curve, thanks to the
positions of our control handles.
4 Holding down Shift, click and drag the mouse to the
right of the last point we made in order to create
another anchor point with horizontal control handles.
Press Shift to ensure that the two points are aligned
horizontally (step 4 at right).
5 Move the cursor a bit lower and to the right so that it’s aligned horizontally with
our first anchor point (step 5). Click to add another anchor point and drag the
handlebars out to the right.

6 Bring the cursor back over the last point we made. Hold down Alt (Option) and
click to remove the right handlebar (step 6).
7 Bring the cursor back to our very first point and click on it to complete the shape
(see step 7 at right and the graphic below it).
Don’t worry if your alignment’s not perfect—you can use the Direct Selection
Tool (A) to select individual points, and the arrow keys to fine-tune it.